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Thaddeus Lowe observes a battle from his balloon "Intrepid" while tethered by Union troops.

Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Va., May 1862: balloon in backgrd. across field; horsemen in foreground.

Professor Thaddeus Lowe standing with his horse in front of a Union encampment.

Photographs from the grand re-opening of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, after a two-year, $2 million transformation of the 116-year-old edifice. Most of the renovation was done in the interior of the monument, with new lighting to illuminate…

Contemporary picture of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.

Contemporary photograph of Fort Moultrie, which first fired on Sumter in 1861.

This is a novelty soldiers mailing envelope from the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. It was found in the Christian Schetler collection, who served in Company G of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Christopher Schetter was born on October 3, 1839 in…

The Call to Arms took place on April 23rd at the Athens Courthouse steps. This event provided a brief glimpse into life in Athens at the start of the Civil War. The event included the reading of Lincoln’s Proclamations by ‘Norman Root’, the…

The Ohio National Guard, Ohio Statehouse and Ohio Historical Society organized a muster ceremony on April 10, 2011 at the Ohio Statehouse. This event marked the start of the sesquicentennial by recreating the mustering of troops for the 1st Ohio…

Die Neuner, a German language book written in 1897 by Constantin Grebner, is a history of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.), an all-German Civil War regiment. Sections from the book's 290 pages are included here. Grebner (1830-1907), was born…